You can use global Cron shortcuts from anywhere, even when in a different app and Cron isn’t foregrounded. To avoid conflicts with other apps, Cron’s global shortcuts are configurable in Settings > Calendar > Menu bar > System-wide keyboard shortcuts.

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<aside> 💡 The keyboard shortcut to show/hide the left-hand Cron menu is always the key directly below esc.

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